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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author points out a study in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” that showed “that wives who engage in gatekeeping behaviors do” how many more hours of “family work per week than wives who take a more collaborative approach”?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

2. What U.C. Hastings law professor is cited in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality” for having said, “These mommy wars are so bitter because both groups’ identities are at stake because of another clash of social ideals: The ideal worker is defined as someone always available for work, and the ‘good mother’ is defined as always available to her children”?
(a) Joan Williams.
(b) Rosalind Einhorn.
(c) Leymah Gbowee.
(d) Judith Rodin.

3. In Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth,” Sandberg notes that at Facebook, a company-wide Q&A is held when?
(a) Every Friday.
(b) Every two weeks.
(c) On the first day of every month.
(d) Every other month.

4. According to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” what percentage of mothers whose husband’s earnings landed in the top 5% were out of the labor force in 2006?
(a) 43%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 20%.

5. The author asserts in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All,” “Instead of pondering the question ‘Can we have it all?’ we should be asking” what more practical question?
(a) “Are you my mentor?”
(b) “Do we want it all?”
(c) “Can we do it all?”
(d) “Who will help?”

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanied Sheryl Sandberg on a trip to New York to speak at the Women’s Media Center, according to the author in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”?

2. What percentage of U.S. working wives now out-earn their husbands, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

3. What Stanford professor is cited in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality” as having said, “We need to look out for one another, work together, and act more like a coalition”?

4. When was Women@Google founded by Sheryl Sandberg, Susan Wojcicki, and Marissa Mayer?

5. About what percentage of married-couple families with children in the U.S. have two parents in the workforce today, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What study regarding “gatekeeping behaviors” is discussed in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

2. What is one example of the dangers of blindly following leaders that Sandberg describes in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

3. What anecdote does the author open with in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

4. What lesson does the author say she learned from her correspondence with Ray Kelly in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

5. What did Sharon Proczter say of “having it all” in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

6. What statistics does Sandberg point to regarding marriage and women in power in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

7. How is Marissa Mayer used as an example of gender bias between women in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

8. In what context does the author discuss Sabeen Virani in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”? Why did Sabeen Virani contact the author?

9. What does Sandberg describe as an ideal partner for women to succeed alongside in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

10. Who does the author praise for embracing emotion in the workplace in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

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